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Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations

Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations

by Christopher Cheng and Linsay Knight
Paperback
Age range: + years old Publication Date: 01/10/2012

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In conjunction with the Powerhouse Museum comes this comprehensive guide to Australia's most innovative inventions as well as their amazing creators. Full of facts, photos and fun surprises for curious kids and grown-ups alike.

Imagine a world without wi-fi or clothes lines or lawnmowers or Vegemite or dual-flush toilets or even mousetraps.

Weird, huh?

These are just a few of the many inventions that have been created by clever Australians to solve some of life's difficult problems.

PROBLEM- How do you find clues that are invisible to the naked eye at a crime scene?

PROBLEM- How do you help a deaf person to hear everyday sounds?

PROBLEM- How do you access the internet without having to plug in your computer?

In Australia's Greatest Inventions and Innovations, you will find out about our nation's most ingenious inventions, their makers, and how to turn a bright idea into a useful creation.

Be inspired!
ISBN:
9781742755649
9781742755649
Category:
Science & technology: general interest (Children's / Teenage)
Age range:
+ years old
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-10-2012
Language:
English
Publisher:
Random House Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
192
Dimensions (mm):
270x194x17mm
Weight:
0.69kg
Christopher Cheng

Christopher Cheng is an accomplished children’s author who writes fiction and non-fiction full time, conducts workshops and visits schools. He has a Master of Arts in Children’s Literature and has been a Literacy Ambassador for the Federal Government’s Literacy and Numeracy Week initiative and the 2012 National Year of Reading.

His picture book, One Child, illustrated by Steven Woolman, won the Wilderness Society Environment Award for Picture Books (Australia) and the Skipping Stones Honour Book (USA). Christopher also worked with Sarah Davis on the critically acclaimed picture book Sounds Spooky which won an Aurealis Award in the picture book category and is a CBCA Notable Book.

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